The Works Cited entry for an online journal article is different than other articles published online. It will look very similar to how you create your entry for a journal from a library database.
How do I know it's a journal article? There are a few key things you can look for:
Here is a screenshot of an online journal article. This one is labeled as a journal article, but can you spot the other clues?
Author name. "Title of Article." Name of Publication, vol. x, no. x, pp. x-xx. Website Name, article URL (hyperlink removed).
Holmes-Henderson, Arlene, and Tom F. Wright. "Making the Voice Matter in English Studies Teaching." Journal of the English Association, vol. 72, no. 278, autumn 2023, pp. 87-95. Oxford Academic, https://academic.oup.com/english/article/72/278/87/7404893.
(Don't forget to use a hanging indent).
The article in the same above has a PDF with page numbers, so we will include those in the citation.
(Holmes-Henderson and Wright 89)
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